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Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Plan Administrators of Retirement Plans Need to Prepare for New IRS Pre-Examination Compliance Pilot Program

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On June 3, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new pilot program aimed at qualified retirement plan compliance. Pursuant to the program, the IRS will issue a letter to the plan administrator which provides a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Gambling against an audit is a bad bet

I love Las Vegas and the last two times I was there; I didn’t gamble a nickel. I hate gambling because I hate to lose. For me, getting up in the morning is a big enough gamble. A lot of plan sponsors gamble when they...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Rosenbaum Law Firm Review - August 2019

Things That 401(k) Plan Sponsors Are Supposed To Do, But Aren't Doing Anyway. So many things they should be doing, but aren't. There are so many things in life that we're supposed to do, but we don't. Flossing teeth and...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Need Auditors who understand the “new way”

As an ERISA attorney, 3(16) plan administrator, and sponsor of several 401(k) plans that needed an audit completed by October 15th to file the Form 5500 on-time, I will have to say I’ve noticed a discrepancy among audit...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

There has to be a better way than 10/15

I hate to do things last minute. I passed three different state bar exams and I never studied the day before. So when it comes to being an ERISA attorney and/or ERISA §3(16) plan administrator for a few handfuls of 401(k)...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Department Of Labor Audits Are Focusing On Plan Procedures For Locating Missing Vested Participants

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has increased its examinations of the procedures of defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans for locating and paying out benefits to terminated vested participants whom the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

DOL Notice on Tips for Selecting and Monitoring an ERISA Plan Auditor Alarms Recipients – Fear Not!

If you have recently received a notice from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), titled “Tips for Selecting and Monitoring a Plan Auditor,” do not be alarmed. It does not mean that you are being audited by the DOL and it does...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Update: Alberta Pension Legislation Presents New Obligations and Opportunities

As discussed in our July 2014 Blakes Bulletin: Alberta’s New Pension Legislation to Take Effect September 1, 2014, the Alberta government has announced that the new Employment Pension Plans Act (New Act) and its associated...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

No Country for Lousy Retirement Plans

In the movie, No Country for Old Men, the hit man Anton Chigurh (played by Javier Bardem) confronts Carson Wells (who was also trying to recover the same money Chigurh was after) in his hotel room. Before killing...more

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